Thakur cited two special general body meetings, before the SC's interim orders of October 21, where all its members unanimously voted against the agenda item for implementation of reforms.
The Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke have expressed their helplessness to Supreme Court. They claim they are helpless and have no control over state cricket associations, who have to vote by three-fourth majority to implement the reforms ordered by the apex court.
Thakur cited two special general body meetings, before the SC's interim orders of October 21, where all its members unanimously voted against the agenda item for implementation of reforms.
This raises a pertinent question: What about their own states? Are they not running their respective state associations like their own property?
Take the example of member of Parliament who became president of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association in July 2000. After getting his foothold in HPCA, Thakur championed a dramatic amendment of the cricket body's constitution.
Till his elections, the electoral college of the society comprised of the presidents and secretaries of the 12 district cricket associations affiliated with the HPCA. But the 25-year-old president, at his own discretion, expanded the electoral college by installing 25 life members. Another important change he brought in was that "the president would also nominate the executive committee".
To make it simple, Thakur has power to implement SC reforms in Himachal on his own.
Mysterious Haryana
The case of Haryana is even more peculiar. No one seems to know how many and who are all the members of Haryana Cricket Association. There is only one man, current BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry, grand son of former chief minister Bansi Lal, who has been controlling it for many years. Before him, it was his father and then former BCCI chief Ranbir Mahendra, who ruled it for many decades.
Despite getting funds running in to hundreds of crores of rupees from the BCCI in the last decade or so, HCA has no international stadium to show for.
Former India captain Kapil Dev or pacer Chetan Sharma have not been found good enough to be made members of state body. Incidentally, HCA is probably the only cricket association which has no website of its own. Ask any of its media team, no one has any clue about "how many members are there in HCA".
The answer to all queries are simple and straight… "Please give me some time and I will get back to you in some time". No one has either seen these members voting, because all their votes are said to be always in safe deposit of Chaudhry as signed proxies.
Strong Punjab
Compared to HCA, neighbouring Punjab Cricket Association is under strong leadership of MP Pandove (PCA secretary) since 1976.
As per an estimate, reached after talking to several officials and former players, there are approximately 150 voting members who are not seen by anyone till now. Being a Section 25 Company, the votes are collected through proxies. Ever since Pandove is at the helm of PCA (for four decades now), no one has ever been informed if any new member was inducted or any old member has expired.
Dubious DDCA
Delhi cricket has a website and a members list. The man who has been running the show for last 32 years is none other but a former tailor, vice president CK Khanna.
Khanna is also referred to as the 'proxy king' for his ability to collect proxies even from 'dead' members. He has always kept a low profile and used politicians to keep tight hold over Delhi & District Cricket Association. BCCI president probably has not seen DDCA elections in last so many decades. As many as 4,200-plus votes take less than 10 minutes to reach ballot box by means of proxies collected by Khanna and associates.
UP no different
The case of India's largest state cricket board, UPCA, is no different from that of Delhi. The last AGM held during the course of recent Kanpur Test between India and New Zealand lasted just over 20 minutes. And that too because members needed time to sign on dotted lines given by secretary Rajiv Shukla.
The good thing on part of Shukla, who has been running the show since 2005-06, is that every member was given a big kit bag, prepared by former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's company, in lieu of signing on already prepared register.
Like in the past many years, the annual UPCA booklet was given to every member with a slip pasted towards the end that read "all account of expenditure and income is stapled separately".
This is another issue that no one got even got the staple pin, in reality.
What next?
The Cricket Association of Bihar's secretary Aditya Verma, who is the petitioner in this case, said that contempt of court should immediately be initiated against BCCI members for defying the highest court's orders.
It is now expected that apex court may appoint administrators at BCCI and state associations to implement the verdict in toto at once.
The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA ) on November 3 (Thursday) informed the Indore High Court that "it will implement Justice Lodha guidelines, only after BCCI" does so.
These are several other examples: From Saurashtra to Jammu & Kashmir, from Jharkhand to Tamil Nadu, which show why states are not willing to comply.
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